All Aboards Next Route Is Crewe To Birmingham!

I don't think the Crewe via Stoke service started running via Tame Bridge until after the pandemic. That was quite short-lived, I think. Currently one of the Shrewsbury services runs via Tame Bridge (there are now 2 Shrewsbury service per hour.)

 

I seriously hope ATS are looking into extending their route to Crewe (even as a paid addon). It's insane AAS appeared out of nowhere and have a killer route almost ready to release.

 

AAS could be the modern era JT that a lot of us have wanted. This WCML route, plus the 805 where they're implementing a brand new timetable on WCMLS, plus they helped out with the 802 audio on Riviera...

As well as all these new TSW6 routes just looking great, fans have got to be happy with all these new studios coming on board for the other routes too. It's ramping up the competition. Hopefully that means we all benefit from the top quality that competition should bring.

 

This is why I can't be a tester any more. It sets off a form of OCD.
It's the Crewe station entrance. It looks slightly wrong, but it could be the angle.
It looks great, but from memory that BR sign on near end of canopy doesn't have a full red background.
When I've been there over the years I noticed it looked wrong (was partially on a grey background) and there's no Crewe station sign either along the main part of canopy. Plus the roof is too red, there should be more grey for the time period.

Of course, it's still a WIP route and most people don't/won't care but as soon as I saw the picture, I went "hmmmm..."

It got me wondering if the original intention for this route was to be set in an earlier era?

But that aside, I'm impressed by the level of detail in those pics.
Good work and I look forward to further updates.

 

In the article it said that the route will have all 3 350 variants in all liveries. We should expect:

350/1 in Ex-London Midland livery. Very few if any /1s carried the newer livery in 2019.


Class 350/2 in Ex-London Midland livery. The base coat of grey is slightly lighter compared to the /1s, due to the /1s retaining the same grey from their Silverlink/Central trains livery


Class 350/2 in LNWR transitional livery


Class 350/3 in LNWR livery. I think these were the only units that had the full new livery in 2019.

The variants of the 350 should all have different interiors as well:

Class 350/1 interior


Class 350/2 interior


Class 350/3 interior

 

It also includes the British Transport Police liveried unit